Richard Bryar b. 1809 Cornwall

This journal is about my ancestor Richard Bryar and his family, from Cornwall to South Australia.

Richard Bryar was baptised on the 28 July 1809 in St Just in Penwith. As far as I have been able to determine, he was the only child of Philip Bryar and Alice Reseigh. They were married on the 29 July 1808 in St Just in Penwith.

Richard married Mary Ann Bawden on the 6 February 1831 at St Hilary. Mary Ann Bawden was the daughter of Edward Bawden and Mary James, and was baptised on the 25 October 1807 in St Hilary.

Richard and Mary's children:-

Thomas Bawden Bryar bapt 30 Nov 1831 in Marazion.

James Bawden Bryar bapt 11 Dec 1831, All Saints Marazion. No further information is known.

Richard and Mary Ann, along with their children, Alice, Mary Ann, Elizabeth and Richard migrated as assisted immigrants to South Australia. They arrived in Port Adelaide on the ship Monsoon on the 17 March 1857. Both Alice and Mary Ann were listed as domestic servants. The family settled in Burra, and later moved to the Wallaroo Mines near Kadina.

Richard's eldest son Thomas Bawden Bryar also immigrated to Sth Australia, but he came out separately with his wife and children in 1857 on board the ship Sumner.

Richard Bryar died on the 6 Sept 1865 in Kadina, and his wife Mary Ann died on 4 June 1870 at Wallaroo Mines.